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thanks alan and all others for your kind wishes. hard to believe that monday i am going to turn 44 (yikes). actually look at each birthday (and each day for that matter) as a gift. after everything i have been through over the past 2+ years (both my own personal medical problems as well as my devoted partner) we both (my partner's birthday is Febryary 9th, mine is the 4th) count each day together while we fight on as a gift.

BTW, I do call him my husband because although we are two men, we are legally married (not to get people confused cause I was already asked if I was a woman shrink for always referrnig to my better half as my husband)

Anyhow, HAPPY BIRTHDAY to all the other February babies

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Psychologist, PhDCounseling patients with HIV since Jan 1991HIV since Dec 2005There are three parts to any successful relationship (platonic or romantic): trust, honesty and communication

"Get your medical advice from Doctors or medical professionals who you trust and know your history."

"Beware of the fortune teller doom and gloomers who seek to bring you down and are only looking for company, purpose and validation - not your best physical/mental interests."

"You know you all are saying that this is incurable. When the real thing you should be saying is it's not curable at the present time' because as we know, the great strides we've made in medicine." - Elizabeth Edwards

Most importantly - Thank you Alan. Your kindness in remembering all of us and in helping us always remember that in this life it is so important to celebrate every living milestone that we reach is why so many of us care so deeply for you.

Just turned 35 on groundhogs day. I hid in my room with the shades drawn and the curtains shut trying really hard not to see my shadow. But, the stupid groundhog in Pennsylvania ruined it for all of us! .

Most importantly - Thank you Alan. Your kindness in remembering all of us and in helping us always remember that in this life it is so important to celebrate every living milestone that we reach is why so many of us care so deeply for you.

Happy Birthday to all of you! Give me another day to recover from shoveling paths through the 15-inch snowfall we had Sunday, and I'll gladly comply with the requests for the much-lauded and anticipated Birthday SWATS!!!

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts